Technology is at the core of our winning strategy. We are looking for a Quantitative Developer to join our fast-growing team. As a Quantitative Developer you will play a critical role in improving our performance and designing systems with scalability and flexibility. Working side-by-side with other talented scientists and engineers you will build some of the most powerful trading/analytics platforms in the financial industry. You will have the advantage of working on challenging problems in a non-siloed, collaborative, meritocracy where ideas are quickly implemented into production.
Key Responsibilities:
- Work with other members in our trading/research group to assist in constructing new pricing/trading models while maintaining the existing models
- Assist in developing research infrastructure and libraries in python
- Contribute to trading ideas by analyzing market and alternative data
- Participate in the idea generation process with respect to quantitative research
- Research, architect, and design cutting edge technology solutions
- Leverage cloud solutions and implement web applications, tools, and APIs
- Develop and provide unit, integration, and regression tests
- Collaborate with other team members for modeling and analytics
Qualifications:
- MS/PhD in a quantitative or computational field such as Statistics, Computer Science, or Applied Mathematics
- Minimum 5 years of professional experience in a front office capacity working in the investment management domain
- 5 + years of experience in analytical models and working with investment professionals
- Understanding of quantitative techniques and methods, statistics, and econometrics – including probability, linear regression, and time series data analysis
- Hands-on development of analytical solutions
- Full stack software development knowledge
- Strong Python coding background
- Familiarity with REST APIs & services
- Strong analytical ability to learn independently from the code / reverse engineer
- Agile experience, work in a rapid iterative manner
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Exposure to finance (degree/CFA/work experience) is a plus
- Experience working with Python, JavaScript, and JS frameworks (React.js and/or Node.js), C#, C++, Python, SQL, and Linux.
- Familiarity with the Atlassian Suite (Bitbucket, JIRA)
- Experience in an Amazon Web Services (AWS) ecosystem
- Hands-on experience with Docker / containers